Nigelec BC
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| Nickname | Électriciens (Electricians) | ||
| Arena | Palais du 29 Juillet | ||
| Location | Niamey, Niger | ||
| Head coach | Amadou Karimou | ||
| Ownership | NIGELEC | ||
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Association Sportive Nigelec Basket Club, commonly known as Nigelec, is a basketball team based in Niamey, Niger. The team is owned by NIGELEC, a state-owned electric power generator company in the country. The team is nicknamed Électriciens (Electricians).[1]
Representing Niger, the team participated in the Road to BAL in the 2021, 2022 and 2023 tournaments.[2] Under head coach Amadou Karimou, they reached the second round Elite 16 twice, despite never qualifying for the main tournament.[3]
Arena
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Games of AS Nigelec, as for other basketball teams in Niger, are usually played at the Palais de 29 Juillet (Palace of 29 July).
Honours
[edit]Coupe du Président de la République[1]
- Champions: 2019
Performance in the Road to BAL
[edit]| Competition | Season | Coach | Won | Lost | Win % | Final stage | Top scorer |
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| Road to BAL | 2021 | Amadou Karimou | 3 | 4 | .429 | Eliminated in Elite 16 group stage | Abdoulaye Harouna (24.3) |
| 2022[4] | 2 | 2 | .500 | Eliminated in Elite 16 group stage | Timothy Kwaor (19.0) | ||
| 2023[5] | 0 | 3 | .000 | Eliminated in first round | Not recorded | ||
| 2024 | Withdrew participation[6] | ||||||
| Totals | 5 | 9 | .357 | — | |||
Players
[edit]2022 roster
[edit]The following was the Nigelec BC roster in the 2022 BAL Qualifying Tournaments.
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Notable players
[edit]- Abdoulaye Harouna (2019–2020)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ligue africaine de Basketball : L'AS/Nigelec renoue avec les compétitions internationales". Nigerdiaspora : Les Nouveles du Pays (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Nigelec Basket Club at the Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L 2020 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "AS Nigelec and ABC punch their tickets for the second Round of the BAL Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Nigelec Basket Club at the ROAD TO BAL 2022 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Nigelec Basket Club at the Africa Champions Clubs ROAD TO B.A.L. 2023 2022". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Nigelec and Roche-Bois pull out of First Round of Road to BAL". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
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